Louis van Gaal: I am bored watching Manchester United

Van Gaal is clinging to his job following a dismal run of just two wins in the last 10 outings.

To make matters worse United have scored just seven goals in the process and have failed to hit the back of the net in the first half of their last 10 home games.

Van Gaal has come under attack from all angles in the wake of Saturday’s unconvincing 1-0 FA Cup win over Sheffield United.

Now the manager himself has admitted for the first time that even he has been bored this season.

“There are matches that I have enjoyed very much,” said Van Gaal, whose side travel to Newcastle tonight.

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“But there are also matches where I’m very bored or angry because we are not disorganising our opponent’s defence - but that is also football.

“It’s not every match that every club is playing fantastically and the football that attracts the people.”

United legend Paul Scholes said after the game that the players, fans and manager had looked bored.

His old club needed a stoppage time penalty from Wayne Rooney to see off the League One Blades at the weekend and failed to have a shot at goal until the 70th minute.

That brought sarcastic cheers from home fans and Van Gaal said: “They can criticise, but they can also cheer the players. Now they have been ironic but that’s also an expression of the fans and that’s good.

Van Gaal has also come up with an explanation for why thousands of fans flooded out of Old Trafford 15 minutes before the end of the game on Saturday.

He said: “They might be thinking that we could not score.

“Or maybe because of the traffic to leave a few minutes earlier. There are many reasons to leave the stadium.

“When I was looking at matches to analyse our opponent then I leave the stadium five minutes before.

“You never know the reason. You can be very negative but we are in the next round and have won two matches out of a very bad period.”

United will be without midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger due to a knee injury.